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Spell Bee Word: Quest

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What does quest mean?

Word: Quest

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Quest means a long hunt for something important or hard to find.

Synonyms: mission, hunt

How do you spell quest?

Syllables: quest

Tricky part: The kw sound at the start is spelt qu, as in queen, never kw or qw.

Watch out for: qwest, kwest, kuest

Memory tip: Every question starts with a quest: the first five letters of question spell quest.

Quest in a sentence

Example 1: The explorer's quest was to find the source of the river.

Example 2: Their quest for the perfect pizza took them across the city.

Example 3: In the game, every quest gives you a new map.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Quest and question both come from the Latin verb quaerere, which means to seek or to ask.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

quest

a) search
b) failure
c) answer
d) rest

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a) search. A quest is a long search; an answer is what you hope to find at the end.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our class began a quest to find the oldest tree in the villege.

a) quest
b) class
c) oldest
d) villege

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d) villege. Village ends in age, just like cottage.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sequt

a) suite
b) quite
c) quest
d) quiet

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c) quest. There is no i in the jumble, so only quest works.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Choose the trip that is a real quest:

a) a visit to a friend's house
b) a morning walk in the park
c) a long hunt for a lost city
d) a day trip to the beach

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c) a long hunt for a lost city

2. A hero on a quest usually has to:

a) travel far to find something
b) sell goods in a market
c) sleep through the day
d) stay at home and rest

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a) travel far to find something

Associated Words

Words that end in -est: dishonest, contest, protest, harvest, digest, interest

More words from this list

source, unimpressed, announce, collapse, dishonest, fragile, intuitive, nebula

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